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M&D Flugzeugbau Samburo
first flew 1977· motor glider
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Samburo front: Calle Eklund/ V-wolf· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The M&D Flugzeugbau AVo 68 Samburo is a two-seat motor glider, first designed and manufactured in Austria.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · no engine, long thin wings · 16.7 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 49 years ago, in 1977.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 16.7 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1977
- number built
- 16
- role
- motor glider
- makers
- ALPLA Group
- engines
- 1× Rotax 914F piston engine
- length
- 8.1 m
- wingspan
- 16.7 m
- height
- 1.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 750 kg
- top speed
- 215 km/h
- range
- 1,000 km
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q791229, Wikipedia: M&D Flugzeugbau Samburo (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.